Hi all,
Earlier at 8am quick stop at Schoolhouse Pond and relocated 1st winter Thayer's Gull.
01/31/09 - 915am-10am
Patuxent River NRMA "Smoky Rd" or Kings Landing NRMA, Smoky Rd., Huntingtown, Calvert Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 23-24 degrees, NNE 12 mph- NNW 13 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin G., Nico S.
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 3
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Carolina Wren - 3
Eastern Bluebird - 4
Hermit Thrush - 1 (Nico)
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2
Eastern Towhee - 1
Song Sparrow - 17
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 10
White-crowned Sparrow - 1 (imm)
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
Northern Cardinal - 6
Common Grackle - 5
House Finch - 5
SPECIES: 25
TOTAL BIRDS: 77
01/31/09 - 1025am-1120am (no Rufous Hummingbird)
Scientists Cliffs Community, Calvert Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 25-26 degrees, NNW 14 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin G., Nico S.
Mallard - 2
Bufflehead - 5
Black Vulture - 4
Turkey Vulture - 2
Bald Eagle - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 3
Herring Gull - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Hairy Woodpecker - 2
Blue Jay - 3
American Crow - 4
Carolina Chickadee - 3
Tufted Titmouse - 2
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 5
Song Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 7
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
Northern Cardinal - 2
American Goldfinch - 7
SPECIES: 24
TOTAL BIRDS: 62
01/31/09 - 1140am-1150am
Route 231, Benedict, Charles Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 27 degrees, N 12 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin G., Nico S.
Bufflehead - 2 (Rt 231 bridge, Charles)
Ruddy Duck - 55 (same as above)
Turkey Vulture - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Rock Pigeon - 10
Mourning Dove - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 29
White-throated Sparrow - 1
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
SPECIES: 14
TOTAL BIRDS: 107
01/31/09 - 12pm-1pm
Patuxent River Park "Aquasco Farm" Aquasco, Prince George's Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 27-29 degrees, N 12 mph- NNW 12 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin G., Nico S.
Turkey Vulture - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 1
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 3
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 6
Horned Lark - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Carolina Wren - 3
Winter Wren - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 28
Hermit Thrush - 1
American Robin - 26
Northern Mockingbird - 3
Cedar Waxwing - 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 41
Eastern Towhee - 1
Song Sparrow - 18
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 14
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 10
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 25
TOTAL BIRDS: 175
01/31/09 - 130pm-3pm (also 8am-840am)
Schoolhouse Pond Conservation Area, Gov. Oden Bowie Dr., Upper Marlboro, Prince George's Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 29-33 degrees, NNW 12 mph- W 10 mph
OBSERVERS: Barry C., Kevin G., George J., Gail M., Sue R., Nico S.
Canada Goose - 162
Mallard - 51
Northern Shoveler - 8 (4 prs.)
Northern Pintail - 5 (4 drakes, 1 hen)
Great Blue Heron - 2
Black Vulture - 3
Turkey Vulture - 2
Bald Eagle - 1 (adult)
American Kestrel - 1 (flyby)
American Coot - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 676 (many flyover)
Herring Gull - 4
Thayer's Gull - 1 (1st winter)
Great Black-backed Gull - 2 (1 adult, 1 1st winter)
Rock Pigeon - 2
Mourning Dove - 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 (scoped out woods from street side platform)
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 5
Eastern Towhee - 1
Song Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 1
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 10 (earlier am)
SPECIES: 29
TOTAL BIRDS: 949
01/31/09 - 220pm-250pm
Brown's Station Landfill, Brown Station Rd., Upper Marlboro, Prince George's Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 32-33 degrees, W 10 mph
OBSERVERS: Barry C., Kevin G., Gail M., Nico S.
Canada Goose - 183
Mallard - 4 (nearby wetlands on Brown Station Rd)
Ring-necked Duck - 2 (same)
Black Vulture - 21
Turkey Vulture - 14
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 1422
Herring Gull - 297
Iceland "Kumlien's" Gull - 1 (1st winter)
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 (adult & 3rd winter)
Great Black-backed Gull - 28
Northern Flicker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 2
Fish Crow - 220 (heard, many more silent birds on other side)
Eastern Bluebird - 2
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 55
Cedar Waxwing - 10
American Tree Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 5
White-throated Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 2
Common Grackle - 2 (flyby)
SPECIES: 25
TOTAL BIRDS: 2280
01/31/09 - 355pm-415pm
Triadelphia Reservoir "Brighton Dam" Brighton Dam Rd., Brookeville, Howard & Montgomery Counties, MD
WEATHER: Fair/PC, 33 degrees, W 8 mph
OBSERVERS: Ed Boyd, Kevin G., Nico S.
Cackling "Richardson's" Goose - 1 (w/ c geese on bright dam rd, Howard)
Canada Goose - 165 (H)
Hooded Merganser - 3 (both)
Red-necked Grebe - 1 (both)
Black Vulture - 2 (both)
Turkey Vulture - 2 (one each county)
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 (Howard)
Ring-billed Gull - 7 (both)
Rock Pigeon - 12 (both)
Mourning Dove - 2 (one each county)
Downy Woodpecker - 1 (M)
Northern Flicker - 1 (M)
Eastern Bluebird - 2 (H)
Blue Jay - 1 (M)
American Crow - 5 (4 H, 1 M)
Northern Mockingbird - 2 (one each county)
European Starling - 7 (5 H, 2 M)
SPECIES: 17
TOTAL BIRDS: 215
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD
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